Hamer Five-Neck Guitar

Made by Hamer Guitars1981Rockford, Illinois

The famous Hamer five-neck — forty pounds of checkerboard-topped absurdity built for the collector's stage show and synonymous with Cheap Trick. Documented across decades of guitar-press coverage and the collector's own published collection.

Provenance

1981

Built by Hamer Guitars for the collector

confirmed

2010s

Documented in the collector's published collection book and guitar-press coverage

confirmed

2026

Digitally preserved in Relic

confirmed

Current Custodian

Rick Nielsen

Rockford, Illinois

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Access Matrix

Digital viewingpublic
Additional photographsby request
Remote video inspectionavailable
Research visitowner approval
Temporary research loancase by_case
Museum exhibition loanavailable
Scientific samplingnot permitted
Commercial licensingcontact owner

Record Metadata

CategoryMusical Instruments

MaterialsMahogany bodies and five maple necks, multiple pickup sets

DimensionsApprox. 110 × 60 cm

ConditionStage-used; playable

Digital Record

24 high-res images (8,192 × 6,144)

3D Mesh / Photogrammetry

Precise digital measurements

Doc. Score: 92/100Scanned 8/30/2026

Cite this object

Relic Archive. (1981). Hamer Five-Neck Guitar [Object record]. Relic Object RL-1981-007081.